Seabrook Island Village (SIV) hosted a workshop on “Navigating Wise Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)” on April 14. This high-interest presentation, with an audience of over 50 people, was led by Chad Droze.
With so many questions about AI, Chad led the audience through a basic understanding of what AI is and what AI is not, giving examples along the way. It was very surprising to learn that most of us are using some form of AI without even realizing it whenever we use our devices. The software on our devices uses our information and habits to learn patterns from our data to make decisions, predictions, or create new content.
Popular AI apps such as ChatGPT can be beneficial to us, but we also need to be aware of Deep Fake AI, such as face swapping, voice cloning, lip syncing, and full body puppeteering, having us question what is real. A highlight of Chad’s presentation was his creation of a live demo of AI using ChatGPT with a real scenario. Audience members then had the opportunity to share their own experiences using AI apps. The program concluded with the reminder that where AI is going in the future leaves us with more questions than answers.
-Submitted by Debbie Jones for SIV